# Backend Overview

These topics help you to enhance System Sustainability through different practices:

## [Async](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/async.md)

Utilizing asynchronous calls, often referred to as "fire and forget", presents substantial benefits from the perspective of sustainable systems design.

## [Background Tasks](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/background-tasks.md)

Implementing background tasks or batching up requests to run in sustainable cloud regions and during off-peak hours of power consumption.

## [Cache Responses](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/cache-responses.md)

Caching in backend development plays a pivotal role in sustainable system design reducing the need for repeated processing and resource-intensive database queries.

## [Common Pitfalls](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/common-pitfalls.md)

Conducting thorough performance testing and optimization of backend services holds great merit from the standpoint of sustainable system design.

## [Jam Stack](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/jamstack.md)

The adoption of JAMstack architecture, Static Site Generation (SSG), and Content Delivery Network (CDN) distribution stands as a commendable choice for sustainable system design.

## [Monolithic vs. Service](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/monolithic-vs-service.md)

When assessing the sustainability of architectural choices, the distinction between monolithic and service-based architectures takes center stage.

## [Performance testing](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/performance-testing.md)

Conducting thorough performance testing and optimization of backend services holds great merit from the standpoint of sustainable system design.

## [Soap Rest and GraphQL](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/soap-rest-graphql.md)

Viewing APIs through the lens of sustainable development reveals crucial considerations for optimizing their efficiency.

## [SQL Optimization](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/sql-optimization.md)

Efficient SQL optimization, particularly in the precise utilization of joins, carries significance within the framework of sustainable system design.

## [Sustainable Design Patterns](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/sustainable-design-patterns.md)

Learn about how you can optimize assets, implement a mobile-first strategy and other suggestions.

## [Upgrades and Patches](/sustainability-best-practices/backend/upgrades-and-patches.md)

Staying up-to-date with the latest software versions ensures that the system benefits from enhanced performance, security, and efficiency.


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